Shasta-Trinity National Forest

Your Adventure Starts Here!

The Shasta-Trinity National Forest offers a wide range of recreational activities, including hiking, backpacking, mountain climbing, horseback riding, camping, boating, fishing, sightseeing, downhill skiing, and snowmobiling.

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Popular Recreation Activities

HikingCampingClimbingMotorized boatingOHV Riding and CampingFishingHunting

Visit our recreation page to learn more about recreation opportunities across our forest!

Condition Report for Campgrounds, Trails, and Closure Information 

Mt. Shasta Ranger District - Recreation Report

McCloud Ranger District - Recreation Report

National Recreation Area Management Unit (Shasta and Trinity Lakes) - Recreation Report

Trinity River Management Unit (Trinity Alps and Trinity River) - Recreation Report

South Fork Management Unit (Hayfork, Hyampom, and Harrison Gulch) - Recreation Report

 

Women in WildFire Training Camp

  • Looking for a career change? Apply to the Shasta-Trinity's Women in Wildfire Camp

    Women firefighters walk in the sunset

    March 30-April 4, 2025 the Shasta Trinity will be hosting a paid training specifically for women interested in wildland firefighting. Obtain certifications to apply as a competitive applicant for an entry-level forestry technician (wildland firefighter) position. Applications will open October 1st. More details to come. Please contact sm.fs.shfwiwf@usda.gov with any questions.

Peek Inside the Forest

  • Partnership between the Shasta-Trinity and Trinity County RCD creates a healthier forest

    A woman looks at the camera with a forest behind her

    Llewellyn, Forest Health Program manager at the Trinity County Resource Conservation District (TCRCD), represents a local agency partnering with the Shasta-Trinity National Forest to tackle one of the most urgent projects in America’s western woodlands: restoring the forest around her hometown into something more sustainable for the landscape and safer for the people who live there.

  • Shasta-Trinity, volunteers and Tribal partners restore Natural Bridge

    A person climbs a limestone formation while other people watch from below

    Shasta-Trinity National Forest Service employees, volunteers from the Northwest California Climbers Coalition, the Lassik Band of the Wylacki-Wintoon Nation, Inc., the Nor-Rel-Muk Wintu Nation, and the Wintu of Hayfork on Native Ancestral Lands worked in collaboration to conserve a culturally significant site known as Natural Bridge

Features

List of Forest Orders

List of Forest Orders: Special orders are used to close or restrict the use of certain areas to protect public safety, prevent resource damage, protect wildlife populations, or other similar examples.

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Prescribed burns planned

The Shasta-Trinity National Forest plans to initiate prescribed fire operations this fall and over the winter, as weather patterns shift to cooler temperatures and wetter conditions. 

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